Dance and Drama Schools for the Young

Young Dancers at Town Centre Music  Festival 2, photograph by Manuel Seixas

So many young people in Yarmouth and Gorleston benefit thanks to the dedicated teams which run the various local dance and drama schools for the young.

11 yr old Caitlin Smith was one of many from the Freestyle Dance Company who won prizes at a recent international dance competition in Kent . The Freestyle Dance Company is a street dance and hip hop based dance school which holds classes on Tuesdays at the Casstle at Alderman Swindell School and Thursdays at Wroughton Infants School. For more information telephone Esther on 07837 455020.

Two pupils from the Dancers School in Gorleston have won places for professional training, Charles Carter at the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts in London and Oliver Chapman at Bodyworks Dance College in Cambridge. 19yr old Lewis Smith from Bradwell, also a former pupil of the Dancers School, has graduated from Performers College to become one of the stars of a Sky TV reality show. All three former pupils are returning to work with Dancers School on dance routines for their performance “Written in Dance” at Britannier Pier on 16th and 17th October, 2009. For more information about the Dancers School click here.

Two pupils at Dusmagrik Productions are also about to start their professional training, Robert Houchen at the Guildford School of Acting and Charlotte Barker at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts. For more information about Dusmagrik Productions click here.